Adding spine and orthopedics to an ambulatory surgery center is not a cake walk, as there are several points to know regarding their background and how they should be treated in managed care contracting negotiations.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, 2012, Kevin McDonald, senior vice president of sales of the revenue cycle solutions division of SourceMedical Solutions, discussed the impact of and preparation for…
July 2012 updates to the Integrated Outpatient Code Editor, the CMS system for filing and adjudicating claims paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System, include a change to bring it in line with correct coding guidelines. The OCE is used…
James Rice, MD, chief of staff at Mercy Health Partners, has a plan to reform healthcare in the United States, according to an MLive report.
Industry experts discuss different situations when either outsourcing billing services or creating an in-house billing department makes more sense for surgery centers.
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Some of the nation's biggest health insurers have pledged to keep the popular parts of the federal healthcare reform law, even if the Supreme Court decides to repeal the law this month, according to a CBS News report.
Seventeen states have delayed implementation of health insurance exchanges until the Supreme Court announces its decision on the future of healthcare reform, according to a Gant Daily report.
Five new mid-year codes representing surgical services and six new drug/biologic codes will be added to the list of ASC payable procedures, starting July 1, 2012, according to an ASCA report.
A/R management is crucial to receiving payment in a timely manner, says Ken Bulow, vice president of ASC services for GENASCIS, a division of abeo. Here he discusses five mistakes surgery centers make in managing their A/R — and how…
The deadline for all HIPAA-covered entities to complete their upgrade to Version 5010 electronic standards ends June 30, and CMS reminded ASCs, hospitals and other providers to follow three tips to avoid unnecessary claims rejections.